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cottonweed

/ˈkɒt.ən.wiːd/

Tradução: Substantivo que designa diversas plantas, como o sempre-viva americano, com pelos macios e brácteas branco-peroladas, ou plantas do gênero Froelichia, encontradas em regiões quentes das Américas e conhecidas por suas flores brancas e lanosas.

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/ˈkɒt.ən.wiːd/C2formalamerican
  • ptSubstantivo que designa diversas plantas, como o sempre-viva americano, com pelos macios e brácteas branco-peroladas, ou plantas do gênero Froelichia, encontradas em regiões quentes das Américas e conhecidas por suas flores brancas e lanosas.

A noun referring to any of various plants, such as an American everlasting with soft wooly hairs and pearly white bracts, or plants of the genus Froelichia found in warmer regions of America, known for their woolly white flowers.

  1. American everlasting plantC1formalamericanscientific

    An American plant with soft, woolly hairs on its leaves and clusters of pearly white flower heads.

    ptGnaphalium

    • The cottonweed's silvery foliage makes it a popular choice for dried flower arrangements.
    • Hikers often spot cottonweed blooming in open fields during late summer.
    • The soft, woolly texture of cottonweed leaves gives the plant its common name.
  2. Froelichia plantC1formalamericanscientific

    Any plant from the genus Froelichia, found in sandy soils and rocky slopes in warmer regions of America, known for its spikes of woolly white flowers.

    ptFroelichia

    • Cottonweed thrives in the sandy soils of the southwestern United States.
    • The woolly white spikes of Froelichia are a distinctive sight on rocky slopes.
    • Botanists study cottonweed for its adaptation to arid environments.